You earn a great salary, have a professional career, and can’t buy a home. You aren’t saving much (if at all) for retirement, which feels like it’s decades away but will inevitably come. Odds are that you live in a metropolitan area of California or New York. Residents on both coasts face this same angst, […]

In preparation for John’s appointment at the gym, we go shopping for my workout clothes. The gym is situated on the periphery of the neighborhood from which I derive my income, so it’s very important that I look nice, serious…professional. It’s up to Melanie, my Sports Basement personal shopper, to translate that to spandex. As […]

Everyone loves the holidays—except for the work. And some even like the cooking part. Not anybody at my house, but I’ve heard they’re out there. So here are some solutions to the predicament that is Thanksgiving. For purposes of this discussion I’ll refer to the non-orchestrator of this production as “the male.” No offense, but […]

There are times in life when I’m drawn to intense reflection. It often happens on the drive to a Healey Club event—the longer the drive, the more intense my reflection. John is not privy to my thoughts along the way because he can’t hear me over the din of the engine. Having to keep all […]

Newspaper publishers are hecka worried today. Subscriptions decline faster than that asteroid hurls itself toward earth. This startling fact was brought to my attention recently when I renewed my subscription to The National Enquirer. And why do I subscribe to The National Enquirer, you ask? Because I, like 7,028,000 other Americans, prefer their version of […]